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This page is for the request of page protection within the Urban Dead wiki. Due to philosophical concerns, the ability to protect pages is restricted to system operators. As such, regular users will need to request a protection from the system operators. For consistency and accountability, system operators also adhere to the guidelines listed here.

Guidelines for Protection Requests

All Protection Requests must contain the following information in order to be considered:

• A link to the page in question. Preferably bolded for visibility.
• A reason for protection. This should be short and to the point.
• A signed datestamp. This can be easily done by adding ~~~~ to the end of your request.

Any protection request that does not contain these three pieces of information will not be considered, and will be removed by a system operator.

Once the protection request has been entered, the request shall remain on this page, where it will be reviewed by a member of the Sysop team, and action taken accordingly. Once action has been taken, the system operator will add a comment including a signed datestamp detailing his course of action, and the request will be moved into the Recent Actions queue, where it will remain for one week. After that week is up, it may be moved to the archive (see navigation box below). If the Protection has been granted, the system operator should place the tag {{protect}} on the page(s) that have been protected.

In the event of a system operator requesting a Protection, all the previous points will apply, excepting that a system operator other than the requestor shall review and take action on the request.

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Protection Queue

/zom/

The great clan of /zom/ has returned. As such it would be awfully nice if you could unprotect the page chaps. Conbar 18:45, 3 June 2009 (BST)

Using the Shambling Seagulls precedent, I've moved the current page to zom/historical and unprotected the current one, removed the historical template, and updated your member count. Also - don't forget to make a header. Linkthewindow  Talk  12:35, 4 June 2009 (BST)

Requested Edits

Place pages requiring editing here.

Recent Actions

Template:SugVoteRules

Under "Rules for Discussions". Change

The [[Talk:Suggestions|Suggestions talk page]] can be used to workshop possible suggestions before they are submitted.

to

[[Developing Suggestions]] can be used to workshop possible suggestions before they are submitted.

--  RoosterDragon  16:55, 2 June 2009 (BST)

done. D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 17:20, 2 June 2009 (BST)

Suggestion:20090513_Suicide_With_A_Vengeance

SA's vote (number 6) requires striking according to the rules of suggestions voting. As a consequence of this, votes by DDR (number 7) and OrangeGaf (number 14) also require striking, as they deem their votes to be "As SA" they are also providing no justification. As the deadline has passed these votes cannot be changed or added to by the voters under suggestions precedent and common sense. The suggestion will remain Peer Rejected, no other changes will be required. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 02:36, 28 May 2009 (BST)

Oh no, see, due to your and quite a few others reasoning, any thing wrote after the initial vote is considered a justification. Theirs cannot be struck just because of it being "as SA", because no one cares what kind of justification things get, as long as it gets one. Cause you know, making your justification "Shoes for the poor" is more valid than "Kill".--Mr. Angel, Help needed? 02:52, 28 May 2009 (BST)

I think you'll find that such justifications are considered trolling and/or inane and also removed. Either you're ignorant of the suggestion system and its precedents or you are deliberately disrupting various pages for your own amusement. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 02:54, 28 May 2009 (BST)

If I was, I have the best examples to follow around here.--Mr. Angel, Help needed? 12:25, 28 May 2009 (BST)

The vote has been restruck by SA -- boxy ^{talk • teh rulz} 23:00 28 May 2009 (BST)

One has been struck, the other two haven't. As they have no reasoning they are also invalid and should be struck. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 07:24, 29 May 2009 (BST)

Theirs is still valid. Do you know why? Because they put something after their "Kill" vote, which as inane as it may be, is still technically valid according to everyone's fucked up view of the rules/guidelines. If you don't like it, tough. You don't actually care that their votes are invalid, so long as you can cause trouble. Get off your ass and change the rules if you care about it so much. But you know, that would require you to interact with people without being a dick.--Mr. Angel, Help needed? 13:29, 29 May 2009 (BST)

Unless you intend to change every single one of these votes from every suggestion made on this wiki, I see no reason why you should nazi your way through this request any further than you've gotten already. D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 13:32, 29 May 2009 (BST)

Historical Groups

Everything in the Imposters section needs the Historical Group template removing for both the page and talk page and both unprotecting.

Reasoning supplied at the bottom of the page. Action these. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 05:58, 27 May 2009 (BST)

Perhaps they would be better having an inactive template added -- boxy ^{talk • teh rulz} 07:44 27 May 2009 (BST)

I agree, I'll add a {{InactiveGroup}} template to these (assuming another sysop doesn't get to them first.) Linkthewindow  Talk  07:53, 27 May 2009 (BST)

I am unconcerned with what (if anything it is replaced with), I believe I state in my reasoning that the only result I'm after is the removal of Historical status until they have passed the required vote. All of the groups will be classed as inactive though due to the time passed. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 07:58, 27 May 2009 (BST)

I went through this over a year ago removing some of the imposters. Looks a few more may have cropped up, but I think some of those really old ones were deemed historical before the system was set up, but it's hard to tell. --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 18:24, 27 May 2009 (BST)

You'll notice I foresaw such arguments in the section I correctly named 'Inevitable Whining'. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 02:36, 28 May 2009 (BST)

Uh, yeah. --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 02:44, 28 May 2009 (BST)

1. 4 Corners Regulators
2. Alliance of Giddings
3. Axes High (Historic)
4. Back_On_Strike
5. Brain Central
6. Council of Leaders (new)
7. Council of Leaders (original)
8. Giddings Defenders
9. Iron Cross Brothers (original)
10. PA Rebel Alliance
11. The Pretorians
12. Red-eye Republic
13. The Undying Scourge
14. Shambling Seagulls (2006)
15. Shearbank Liberation Army
16. The Stanbury Renegades
17. The Apocalypse Horde
18. The Gingerbread Men
19. United Territories Federation

I've replaced the historical templates on the pages directly above with the inactive template -- boxy ^{talk • teh rulz} 08:29 28 May 2009 (BST)

1. Democratic Armed Republic of Independent Suburbs
2. FOBU
3. Mall Tour '06
4. The Many
5. The Ministry of the Dead
6. Mockers
7. On Strike
8. RABH

But I've left the ones directly above this in the historical category, for now. As it says on the policy page, "all groups currently within the category will remain as long as they have a historical significance section added within a month of the passing of this policy". These pages seem to comply with that, having a section dedicated to how the groups fit in with the history of UD, and them being historical before the policy that brought in voting for historical status. The policy wasn't retroactive, as long as the group pages had a historical section on the page. Perhaps, if they all remain historical, they should be mentioned in the successful section of historical groups to make it easy to see which ones were from before voting was implemented -- boxy ^{talk • teh rulz} 08:29 28 May 2009 (BST)

The need for that 'grandfathering' of status is no longer valid. Crit 12 was removed to preserve all groups. The grandfather clause was there to prevent their removal even though the owners may have not been active any longer. As this proviso no longer applies (these pages will never be removed due to the community getting rid of Crit 12), all the Historical template remaining on their pages does is create confusion over why the voting records can't be found and could lead to misuse of it again as well as the double standard based on their age. All groups with the Historical template should be made subject to a vote, especially since as there is no detriment to its removal. I swear I put all this on that page of mine.... -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 09:05, 28 May 2009 (BST)

Why should I give a shit what you put on your page? I don't bother reading much of it because it's not policy, and even if I felt the need to discuss anything there, any comment I make would be summarily deleted regardless of it's merit. The policy made it clear that existing historical groups would remain in the category. The best way to deal with it is to make note of the exceptions on the successful page. Any further additions to the category, that don't link to the page can then be removed simply -- boxy ^{talk • teh rulz} 09:18 28 May 2009 (BST)

Why should you give a shit? Well perhaps that all requested edits require a reasoning, which is on that page. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 09:21, 28 May 2009 (BST)

The Gingerbread Men did get a historical vote (that passed). So did Axes High. You are clinically retarded if you think The Many, DARIS, (and eventually the Dead) aren't historical and need to be protected and preserved. But, this is an interesting new way to be annoying. Congrats!--– Nubis ^NWO 10:11, 28 May 2009 (BST)

Also, COL and SLA really need to be on the list of historical groups because of the dynamic they had with the clearly other historical groups DARIS/the Many. --– Nubis ^NWO 10:12, 28 May 2009 (BST)

I invite you to read the section of the page dedicated to your arguments before you even started typing them. The section is called Inevitable Whining. You may then nominate them for actual Historical status and receive a free vouch from me in the spirit of friendship and goodwill :D -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 11:16, 28 May 2009 (BST)

I will do just that tomorrow, actually. I'm expecting a big smiley vouch from you then, Iscariot =D D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 11:36, 28 May 2009 (BST)

Provided all the groups that I have requested have been altered appropriately, you can have a vouch for the ones I believe to be historical. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 12:25, 28 May 2009 (BST)

I've added a note about the remaining groups being "pre-voting" on the succeeded archive. Fin -- boxy ^{talk • teh rulz} 22:58 28 May 2009 (BST)

Template:Verdict

Requesting temporary unprotection of this template so Rooster can do a bit of coding for us. D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 14:37, 28 May 2009 (BST)

Done.--Mr. Angel, Help needed? 14:37, 28 May 2009 (BST)

Rooster's finished, requesting reprotection. D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 14:46, 28 May 2009 (BST)

Done.--Mr. Angel, Help needed? 14:46, 28 May 2009 (BST)

The Iscariot-o-meter

Just a note to say that I have protected this page in my userspace. -- Cheese 14:33, 28 May 2009 (BST)

User talk:DanceDanceRevolution/Archive4

As per the previous 3, please. D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 02:37, 26 May 2009 (BST)

Done. Linkthewindow  Talk  08:46, 26 May 2009 (BST)

UDWiki:Administration/Policy Discussion/Civility policy/Arbitration page

Subpage of a Scheduled Protection, someone missed it. D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 01:43, 19 May 2009 (BST)

Done. Linkthewindow  Talk  08:24, 19 May 2009 (BST)

Map Templates

Template:BINot
Template:BIPrevious
Template:BICurrent

-- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 15:45, 14 May 2009 (BST)

Done. Linkthewindow  Talk  22:31, 14 May 2009 (BST)

Template:BuildingStatus

Template:BuildingStatus - to stop people trying to edit the template instead of the page it's included on -- boxy ^{talk • teh rulz} 02:24 5 May 2009 (BST)

Done. Linkthewindow  Talk  11:18, 5 May 2009 (BST)

Template:Groupbox

The crappy formatting of the example usage has annoyed me several times recently. Please change to the following:

{{Groupbox
 |group_name= 
 |group_image= 
 |group_abbrev= 
 |group_membership= 
 |group_leaders= 
 |group_goals= 
 |group_recruit= 
 |group_contact= 
 }}

Also, it would be nice if the documentation for protected templates was moved onto subpages so that it can be edited by normal users without disrupting template functioning. (See Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Template documentation.)

Cheers! ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 10:41, 26 April 2009 (BST)

Done, the latter is a good idea, and I'll look at it more later. Linkthewindow  Talk  09:30, 2 May 2009 (BST)

Administration Archive Pages

Because of this Ghost Image experiment, Janus and I need the following two pages to have some links removed temporarily.

• UDWiki:Administration/Speedy Deletions/Archive/Dec-2007
• UDWiki:Administration/Speedy Deletions/Archive/February-2008

After clearing these pages of links to Image:PDA Badge.jpg (almost linked it there myself...) the links to the image will be empty, allowing us to complete our test. I also ask that the sysop please revert these changes within 10 minutes of requested edits. D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 15:09, 25 April 2009 (BST)

Done, but since I'll be reverting my edits in a few minutes, I'll leave it here for now. Linkthewindow  Talk  15:14, 25 April 2009 (BST)

Yeah, testing finished. Thanks link. D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 15:17, 25 April 2009 (BST)

Rolled back edits. Linkthewindow  Talk  15:25, 25 April 2009 (BST)

Assylum

Assylum, because it's sacred to the cult of ASS. :) --Mr. Angel, Help needed? 01:05, 21 April 2009 (BST)

Done. Linkthewindow  Talk  01:31, 21 April 2009 (BST)

Two More DangerMap Templates

Protect:

• Template:DangerMapnormala ghost town
• Template:DangerMapnotablea ghost town

Thanks. --  RoosterDragon  21:56, 3 April 2009 (BST)

Protected. Linkthewindow  Talk  00:17, 4 April 2009 (BST)

Talk Page Archives

• User talk:DanceDanceRevolution/Archive1
• User talk:DanceDanceRevolution/Archive2
• User talk:DanceDanceRevolution/Archive3

I would just like some piece of mind by protecting those that should not be touched, please =] D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 09:46, 3 April 2009 (BST)

Done. Linkthewindow  Talk  00:17, 4 April 2009 (BST)

Radio/Group Massacre

It's been over four months and people are still adding themselves to this. It's annoying and it isn't the page that's templated onto the Radio page. I've stuck a notice up on the top and it would be good if it was protected to reinforce the point (people can still use the talk page for questions, and I'll request unprotection when we do it again.) Linkthewindow  Talk  11:15, 30 March 2009 (BST)

Done -- boxy ^{talk • teh rulz} 14:54 30 March 2009 (BST)

New DangerMap Stuff

Protect:

• Template:DangerMapnormalsafe
• Template:DangerMapnormalmoderately dangerous
• Template:DangerMapnormaldangerous
• Template:DangerMapnormalvery dangerous
• Template:DangerMapnormalabandoned
• Template:DangerMapnotablesafe
• Template:DangerMapnotablemoderately dangerous
• Template:DangerMapnotabledangerous
• Template:DangerMapnotablevery dangerous
• Template:DangerMapnotableabandoned
• Template:DangerMapDanger
• Template:DangerMapNotoriety
• Template:DangerMapFormat

These require no further editing and need protection from the usual vandalism to cripple the maps or spread misinformation.

Unprotect:

• Template:MapSafe
• Template:MapModerate
• Template:MapDanger
• Template:MapDangerous
• Template:MapVeryDanger
• Template:SpecialSafe
• Template:SpecialModerate
• Template:SpecialDanger
• Template:SpecialVeryDanger

Still in use in a few places, but no longer significant enough to warrent protection. --  RoosterDragon  17:21, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

All done. Linkthewindow  Talk  23:02, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

A few of my archives and userpage templates

Just requesting permission to protect all my talk page archives, some templates that are on my userpage, and my sig.

Thanks. Linkthewindow  Talk  09:36, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Clarification, the "templates that are on my userpage" are in my subspace. More specifically, the ones that control the tabs, and the ones that add content to the page on the sidebars.

So that's every template on my userpage except Template:Projectwelcome2 and Template:Science. Linkthewindow  Talk  09:41, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Did I everything you wanted? --ZsL 15:56, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Almost.get I'll get the rest later. Linkthewindow  Talk  20:14, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Finished off the pages that ZS missed. Linkthewindow  Talk  09:46, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

MediaWiki:Common.css

This is simply to poke a bit of discussion about removing the "Main Page" title on the Main Page. It's done over at Rationalwiki by a CSS hack, and the same can be done here. I raised it at the Main Page discussion, but it was pretty much ignored.

Anyway, basically, this request involves adding this:

body.page-Main_Page #siteSub,
body.page-Main_Page #contentSub,
body.page-Main_Page h1.firstHeading {
    display: none !important;
}

To our MediaWiki:Common.css. Thoughts? Linkthewindow  Talk  06:43, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Oh and thanks to Midianian for finding the CSS Linkthewindow  Talk  06:45, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

I'll approve of this edit to the Common page, but I will leave it to you (or other sysop "in the know") to do the actual editing, so that if any minor tweaks, or special placement on the page is needed, you can fix it as you go (without back and forth discussion). As long as it works ;) -- boxy ^{talk • teh rulz} 10:10 17 March 2009 (BST)

Done. Linkthewindow  Talk  09:36, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Template:CPBox

I forgot to add an edit link and make a direct link on the "go to community portal" part. Copy the code from here.--  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 20:15, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Done. Linkthewindow  Talk  20:47, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Multiple templates

The follow should be fully protected, as there is no use to edit them except to vandalize: Template:NBox, Template:CPBox, Template:NewsItemGreen and Template:NewsItemWhite. Although Kevan hasn't implemented the changes yet from the semi-protection policy, these should be semi-protected as there isn't a use for a newbie to edit these two: Template:Community Portal and Template:Wiki News.

The uncreated pages will have to be protected after the request below is processed, thanks. --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 00:16, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Done. Linkthewindow  Talk  11:33, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Main Page, Template:Navigation, Template:Wiki News and more...

Summary

This will change the main page to look like this. Among the obvious new look, the change also adds a CP section and numerous code fixes (such as getting rid of the ugly white curved edges). The new design was discussed on the talk page, and after many changes from user input to get as much support as possible, it's ready. The last concern in the latest discussion was on the colours being too bright, which was fixed by making them all darker. Some of the pages will look broken, but this is because I've removed my user sub pages and added the to-be templates. All you need to do is copy+paste.

Please do these changes in quick succession, otherwise it'll confuse a lot of people.

Changes required

• User:A Helpful Little Gnome/Sandbox13 to Main Page - This will be the new main page. All the templates are ready on the page, but it's best to do this part last.
• User:A Helpful Little Gnome/Sandbox4 to Template:NBox - The skin for the Wiki News section.
• User:A Helpful Little Gnome/Sandbox5 to Template:Wiki News - Nothing to add, except the yellow template is obsolete.
• User:A Helpful Little Gnome/Green to Template:NewsItemGreen - Page is uncreated. Replaces the yellow version. Note, the "timestamp" and "news" variables have been changed to 1 and 2.
• User:A Helpful Little Gnome/White to Template:NewsItemWhite - Note, the "timestamp" and "news" variables have been changed to 1 and 2.
• User:A Helpful Little Gnome/Sandbox9 to Template:Wiki News/Instructions - Nothing to add.
• User:A Helpful Little Gnome/Sandbox7 to Template:CPBox - Page is uncreated. The skin for the new CP section.
• User:A Helpful Little Gnome/Sandbox6 to Template:Community Portal - Page is uncreated. The CP section, to be shown on Main Page. It's a little empty at the moment, but the content of the section will be fully determined after the Community Portal remake.
• User:A Helpful Little Gnome/Sandbox8 to Template:Navigation - Nothing to add.
• User:A Helpful Little Gnome/Sandbox12 to Template:Lastupdate - Removed category on it, don't know the point of it. Also removed Latest News Update text.

If I've missed anything, or there's any questions, let me know. Thanks.--  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 00:16, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Actually, it might be better if you put the substed version in first, then change the templates (to make sure it works) then replace with the templated main page. --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 16:39, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Someone forgot a bulk of the news bar colours of Community Portal. D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 11:29, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Done. The discussion at the main page talk seemed roughly in favor of this. If there are any problems, I've made a thread on the main page's talk. Linkthewindow  Talk  11:33, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Looks all in order. The Community Portal pages is going to be gutted completely, then redone. --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 16:22, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Protection Request

Hello i wouldlike to request that my signature page be protected so it will not be touched/ruined. User:Fanglord2/sig thanks in advance. Chairman Fanglord, 18:28, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Counter request. The signature breaks policy and should not be protected until it conforms. The image is too high and the overall height (23px from the looks of the code) could interfere with line spacing. From a minor pedantry standpoint, you could also cut the coding by a third and still get the same effect. --  RoosterDragon  19:11, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Is this sorted, and can be protected? Linkthewindow  Talk  10:52, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Still long-winded, but it doesn't break policy. Fine by me. --  RoosterDragon  17:20, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Alright, done. Linkthewindow  Talk  03:33, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

User:Hagnat/sig

In order to save the server some effort. Please replace the page with:

<noinclude>{{User:Hagnat/sig/A}}
</noinclude>[[User:Hagnat|People's Commissar Hagnat]] <sup>[[User_talk:Hagnat|[cloned]]] [[Special:Listadmins|[mod]]]</sup><noinclude>
{{User:Hagnat/sig/B}}</noinclude>

Permission & discussion here. --  RoosterDragon  19:50, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

the second template should be 'sig/B', not 'sig/A', right ? --People's Commissar Hagnat ^{[talk] [wcdz]} 18:01, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Yup. My bad. --  RoosterDragon  18:54, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Done. Linkthewindow  Talk  10:59, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Protections Scheduling Queue

Protection Scheduling requests should be requested in the same general format as Deletions. Votes will occur in the same general manner, and like deletion scheduling requests will be voted on for two (2) weeks, as judged by the initial datestamp. Valid votes are:

• Yea - Approval of Schedule Request
• Nay - Disapproval of Schedule Request

Finished Arby Cases

With the new arbitration format, we'll need to protect the pages once the case is closed. Just so we can protect them if someone's forgot to put in a request for us to do so. -- Cheese

• Yea - I'm not sure if this is covered by the archive thingy below since it's a new format. -- Cheese 12:24, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
• Yea - i was about to ask this kind of pages to be added to the protection schedule, lol --People's Commissar Hagnat ^{[cloned] [mod]} 12:57, 31 March 2008 (BST)

  Well thats been over a month and there have been no objections so I'll stick this as scheduled. -- Cheese 23:37, 7 May 2008 (BST)

  When the hell did this go up and why would you not actually check to see that it is already scheduled before proposing it?--Karek^maps?! 05:37, 8 May 2008 (BST)

  End of March...and where? -- Cheese 23:49, 13 May 2008 (BST)

  See below --The Grimch ^{U! E! WAT!} 00:06, 14 May 2008 (BST)

  UDWiki:Administration/Arbitration/Archivewhateva. --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 03:29, 14 May 2008 (BST)